I am a ball of sunshine every morning, but I know of people who speak only in the language best described as daybreak grunt. It can create quite an ordeal at the McDonald’s counter if the poor soul taking the order doesn’t know that mggmffn, MGGMFFN! means my beloved would like a McMuffin, ASAP. I can now report changes at a pair of local McDonald's restaurants have helped alleviate that situation.
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- Aug. 21 — KU researcher indicted for fraud for failing to disclose conflict with Chinese university
Story updated at 5:46 p.m. Tuesday
The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted an investigation on the University of Kansas campus Tuesday and also was at the home of a KU researcher.
The federal law enforcement agency was investigating at the university’s Life Sciences Research ...
In my personal life, I spend a lot of time doing cost analysis. For the record, I have found a double cheeseburger always pays for itself. (It is double the meat and cheese, people.) But local governments currently are dealing with an even meatier question: Does growth pay for itself?
No, it doesn’t sound nearly as fun as finding the answer to the cheeseburger question. But if you care about how much houses ...
It is time to keep our ears open for a new downtown grocery store rumor. This one doesn’t focus on the former Borders bookstore location at Seventh and New Hampshire streets, but rather is a block away at the old Journal-World printing plant.
Dan Simons, a member of the family who owns the printing plant location, confirmed that the property is under contract. He also confirmed that his understanding is a ...
I know I certainly could use a million-dollar smile — heck even a $25 one — to help pay for some of the bills that I compile at south Iowa Street retailers. Maybe we all will be in luck. A second major dental franchise has filed plans to locate on the south Iowa corridor.
Plans have been filed for a 3,000 square-foot building to be constructed at the corner of 25th and Iowa streets in the parking lot of ...
Let’s do an update on some 23rd Street projects. “Soon” is the key word on that street, just as it is the key word I keep repeating to my kids who have taken on that late-summer feral look. Soon school will start, and soon a couple of new businesses will open on 23rd Street.
The “coming soon” sign is up for what appears to be a new fast-food style Mexican restaurant. Pancho’s Mexican Food is going ...
